Historic partnerships. Historic change.
For more than 78 years, UNCF has served as a beacon for those ready to invest in—and act on—the belief that no mind should be wasted and no dream deferred.
UNCF’s Institute for Capacity Building partners with Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Predominantly Black Institutions and their supporters and champions to advance the promise of Black higher education.
We believe in the transformative potential of Black colleges and universities.
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UNITE for Black Colleges and Universities!
Don’t miss the most influential gathering for HBCUs on Black higher education this July 17-20 at the Hyatt Regency in Atlanta. Early-bird discounts through March 31.
We Take A Racial Justice Approach to Institutional Transformation and Educational Equity.
Defining Racial Justice
The fair and just empowerment of all racial identities, resulting in equal opportunities, equitable outcomes and liberation for all people. Racial justice is achieved through responsive systems, structures and processes, as well as deliberate, dynamic, proactive and preventative supports—all consciously designed to right historic and social wrongs.
Active Minds and UNCF Release Recommendations for Supporting Mental Health in HBCUs
WASHINGTON — Active Minds, the nation’s leading nonprofit organization promoting mental health awareness and education for youth and young adults, and UNCF (United Negro College…
Unprecedented Initiative UNAPOLOGETICALLY FREE Centers Mental Health at HBCUs and other Black colleges
UNCF (United Negro College Fund), The Steve Fund and Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) launched an unprecedented national effort, Unapologetically Free: Centering Mental Health on Black College Campuses.
Institutional Site Visit: Florida Memorial University
Our institutional site visit is a critical component of ICB’s support to transformation partners. Each site visit is a two-day opportunity for campus leaders to discuss significant accomplishments and/or challenges.
UNCF Institute for Capacity Building’s Career Pathways Initiative honored in two categories in 2nd Annual Anthem Awards
UNCF Institute for Capacity Building announced today that it has been named Best Business Strategy in the Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion and Education, Art, &…
The State of HBCUs: A Webinar Series to Advance Institutional Transformation
Join our director of Transformation Support, Rev. Dr. Darryl Ann Lai Fang and Program Manager, Deshon Burgess as they host a monthly virtual webinar series: The State of HBCUs and discuss student success, enrollment trends and transformation happening at Black colleges. Register now for our next webinar.
Institutional Site Visit: Spelman College
Our institutional site visit is a critical component of ICB’s support to transformation partners. Each site visit is a two-day opportunity for campus leaders to discuss significant accomplishments and/or challenges.
Growing Capacity to Leverage Big Data is Advancing Equity in Higher Education; UNCF and Excelencia in Education Continue to Lead the Way
Today, we announced the successful conclusion of Leveraging Big Data to Achieve Equity, an initiative designed to enhance research capabilities at HBCUs and HSIs.
Expanding Networks for Climate Action in Front Line Communities
With support from the Waverley Street Foundation, UNCF ICB is exploring how HBCUs can support a new generation of Black leaders in the fights against climate change and environmental racism.
Institutional Site Visit: Clark Atlanta University
Our institutional site visit is a critical component of ICB’s support to transformation partners. Each site visit is a two-day opportunity for campus leaders to discuss significant accomplishments and/or challenges.
UNCF ICB Joins Call for Support for Returning Learners as a National Priority During UPCEA MEMS Conference
UNCF ICB joined national student success professionals at the UPCEA MEMS Conference to discuss a new initiative that enables institutional networks to use coaching to support returning learners.
Coming Together for HBCU Student Success Excellence
UNCF and InsideTrack partners to help students return to school in the midst of the pandemic. A new case study reveals lessons learned.
Institutional Site Visit: Jarvis Christian University
Our institutional site visit is a critical component of ICB’s support to transformation partners. Each site visit is a two-day opportunity for campus leaders to discuss significant accomplishments and/or challenges.
UNCF Institute for Capacity Building Expands Network Committed to Strengthening Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)
UNCF expands transformation partnerships to 42 with newly funded cohort of HBCUs, propelling higher enrollment and student success
CFO Financial Roundtable
Our CFO Financial Roundtables are designed to facilitate greater CFO collaboration, knowledge sharing, and idea generation. Our Financial Sustainability Team uses these opportunities to refine our approach to assting CFOs in their roles.
The Edge: Putting ‘Digital Equity’ Into the Equation on EdTech Deals
The Chronicle of Higher Education reports on trends in the HBCU space from the annual EDUCAUSE conference.
Striving for the ‘Gold Standard’
Some historically Black colleges and universities experienced record research funding this fiscal year. It’s a hopeful sign to a group of HBCUs seeking R-1 status.
Institutional Site Visit: Fisk University
Our institutional site visit is a critical component of ICB’s support to transformation partners. Each site visit is a two-day opportunity for campus leaders to discuss significant accomplishments and/or challenges.
INSTITUTIONAL NETWORK
There’s a powerful narrative about what it means to be Black embedded in the evolution of Black colleges and universities.
Dr. Michael L. Lomax
President & CEO
UNCF
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HBCUv: Shaping the online future of Black higher education
UNCF is designing, with nine partnering HBCUs, an online platform for lifelong learners to flourish together and celebrate Black excellence—from anywhere.
WE ASPIRE TO SERVE OUR NATION’S BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES: 102 HBCUs and 64 PBIs
Through our shared learning practices, we strive to influence all higher education institutions—especially those serving significant numbers of Black and other marginalized students.
IF NOT FOR BLACK COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES…
One small step could have been too big a leap.
When Apollo 11 touched down in the Sea of Tranquility that July night in 1969, it was made possible by the invaluable calculations of NASA mathematicians Dorothy Vaughan (Wilberforce University) and Katherine Johnson (West Virginia State University).
With your support, this legacy of shaping the future will continue.
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IF NOT FOR BLACK COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES…
The Civil Rights Movement wouldn’t have gone as far.
Many of the leading lights of the 1950s and 60s movement were HBCU graduates, including: Kwame Ture (Howard University), Medgar Evers (Alcorn State), Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (Morehouse College) and Rosa Parks (Alabama State).
With your support, this legacy of shaping the future will continue.
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IF NOT FOR BLACK COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES…
Head Start would have been a non-starter.
Spelman College graduate Marian Wright Edelman founded the Children’s Defense Fund, which fought for key policies like the national Head Start program that has helped lift generations of kids out of poverty.
With your support, this legacy of shaping the future will continue.
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IF NOT FOR BLACK COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES…
There would be no rising Black middle class.
Within 10 years of graduation, HBCU diploma-holders typically earn more than $71,000 a year. Compared to peers who did not go to college, they will earn $1 million more over their lifetimes. Those HBCU students who are the first-in-family to graduate from college will not be the last, transforming families and entire communities.
With your support, this legacy of shaping the future will continue.
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